For a second you may have thought there was going to be a Saturday where there wasn’t anything planned to happen at Black Sheep. You were wrong! A week from Saturday, on Saturday, January 31st we will be hosting another hip hop show featuring some great acts and rap battles. Our opening acts include three great solo performers and rap groups including D. Carr, Jayy Willis, and HISO Music Entertainment. Then we have a grand total of four rap battles (wow). If you were around for the last hip hop show with rap battles (the last one had two), you know how crazy things can get. The battles include Relentless vs. Boss Maseiano, Cerius Bars vs. Deezy Alfamega, Tello vs. Savage, and Southside vs. Twitch.

All of that is going to be kicking off right around 7:00, with doors opening then and the show starting sometime between then and 8:00. Admission is $5. Also check out our shows page for a look at what else is coming up at Southtown this year.

Speaking of very special events in the year 2015, if you did not have any plans for Valentine’s Day this year- you do now! At Black Sheep this year on Saturday, February 14th (Valentine’s Day) we will be hosting a ska formal show. That’s right, a chance for you to dress up, bring a date, and dance to a bunch of ska bands. Or, go alone and wear trash bags! It doesn’t matter in 2015! On this show we have Springfield ska all-stars Bad Banshee (who won your #1 choice for best Springfield release of 2014 with their hit CD Skitter/Skitter). Also on this show is the Peoria ska-frenzy known as Must Build Jacuzzi. You can check out some of their tunes streaming below. And the third and final band on this ska-tastic lineup is The Runner Ups from Lincoln, IL and Chicago.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and cost $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown in 2015.

Get ready, because on Friday, February 13th we have another hip hop show coming up being put on by the local clothing line known around these parts as “Coosh*t.” For this Coosh*t “SuperDuperDopeDank Show” we have quite the lineup of performers. At the very top of the bill we have “Freddie Old Soul” from Chicago. Stream some of Freddie’s music on the player embedded below. Before that we have the artist “Fleetwood Jones.” And in the middle we have D.B. Cooper, founder of Coosh*t himself, who recently just came out with a hot new music video shot all around Southtown. Also on the lineup is “Dooblavey” also coming from the South Side of Chicago. Before that is an act called “Dios” and also local artist Mikey Hash, making this an all around great lineup.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is “$5 dolla.” You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page where you can see all of the upcoming events at Black Sheep.

Coming up on Friday, January 30th we have a show coming up at Black Sheep for you all. It is looking like this one will be a good old fashioned three-band punk show. This show features touring act Arugula from Chicago, featuring members of the band Sputter that came through back in October. You can find some of Arugula’s music streaming on the player below. This show will also be the return of Champaign/Urbana wolf-fronted punk band Wolf Luv. Last time Wolf Luv made an appearance in Southtown was on the ramp of Skank Skates during Dumb Fest 2. Opening this show up is a performance by a brand new Springfield band called Acid Cop. Make sure to come early to find out who is in that band and what they are all about.

This show will begin at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep and Southtown.

Hold onto your socks because on Wednesday, February 11th we have a show coming up at Black Sheep with five great bands. The first of those is a band called Until We Are Ghosts playing melodic hardcore on tour from Rochester, New York. You can even stream some of their music at the player on the very bottom of this post. Until We Are Ghosts will be hitting the road on tour with another Minneapolis, Minnesota project called Household. Now on to the local bands that will be playing. We have Loses The Mighty, who recently just released a new EP at the end of the year, recorded at South Town Studio. We also have the return of sad post-hardcore band Krelboyne from nearby areas of Central Illinois. Opening things up on this one is the indie/post-hardcore band Hope For Now from Morton, Illinois.

This show will start right at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a flier for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything coming up in 2015 at Black Sheep and Southtown.

Coming up here at Black Sheep on Friday, January 24th we have a show coming up featuring six whole bands (yes, six) (that’s probably TOO many). This show features the band Come Out Fighting from Detroit, Michigan. They play melodic hardcore that you can stream on the player embedded below. Also on this show is Springfield/Central Illinois band Loses The Mighty, who will also be playing an EP release show at Black Sheep tomorrow. Band #3 on this show is Orator, playing sludgy music from Champaign/Urbana. Then we have local favorites Panzys. Then we have another brand new Champaign/Urbana hardcore band called 50 Year Storm. Opening things up is a band called Hallowed Eyes from Coffeen, Illinois.

This show will start at 6:30 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Be sure to also check out our shows page where you can look at everything coming up at Black Sheep in 2015.

Here’s a show announcement for a pretty sweet show in the new year that is coming up FAST. This one will be happening on Monday, January 5th (2015) at Black Sheep and will be a short and sweet three band show. This show will feature Springfield local band Looming, who just recently dropped a hot new track coming out on a Plan-It-X Records Compilation later next year. Then we have a couple of touring acts. The first is Sinai Vessel from North Carolina, and you can find them pictured above and also streaming below. They will be on tour with another band called “Secret Stuff” based out of Nashville playing that twinkly-emo that we all love.

This show will be another 7:00 pm, $5 show. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a look at everything coming up at Black Sheep this winter.

This looks like it will be the very first show of 2015 inside of Black Sheep. With Black Sheep turning ten years old and the year of the sheep, this is definitely going to be a good year. This show is happening on Friday, January 2nd. It features the touring screamo/scramz band Moonassi from Austin, Texas. You can stream some of their music below. Also coming from Austin, Texas and on tour with Moonassi is a band called Family Hearse. They play experimental hip hop influenced music. Opening things up right now we have the newer Springfield screamo group featuring members of Our Lady called Knives. Catch their set because it will be a great time.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission will be $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here, and be sure to check out our shows page for a long list of other events coming up at Black Sheep.